Building on the 2025 investment, the collaboration pairs Funga's forest carbon innovation with the Foundation's network to scale soil microbiome restoration across forests.
LINCOLN, NE / ACCESS Newswire / May 4, 2026 / The Arbor Day Foundation and Funga are expanding their strategic collaboration to broaden market access for Funga's biodiversity-powered forest carbon project. This go-to-market partnership builds on the catalytic capital investment made by the Arbor Day Impact Fund in 2025, now evolving into a joint effort with the Foundation, with a shared goal of expanding market access for Funga's soil restoration work across U.S. forests.
The partnership brings together Funga's science-driven carbon removals and the Foundation's corporate partner and buyer network to solve a persistent challenge in the voluntary carbon market: connecting high-integrity carbon removals with companies building credible climate strategies at scale.
"This partnership with Funga aims to demonstrate how reforestation projects can function as durable climate infrastructure-delivering trees planted, land restored, and economic benefits today, while building the financial foundations needed to sustain impact for decades to come," said Pete Davis, Managing Director of the Arbor Day Impact Fund.
This partnership expands the Foundation's portfolio with a scientifically rigorous, nature-based removal that meets what their partners are increasingly looking for. For Funga, it creates a meaningful path to scale, expanding native soil restoration across more forests, alongside partners who share that ambition.
"We are proud to expand our collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation. Their endorsement of Funga's innovative tech and carbon program traction is a powerful signal to the market, helping us leverage the Foundation's longstanding relationships to connect our projects with buyers looking to lead on climate and biodiversity," Colin Averill, Founder and CEO of Funga.
Together, the Arbor Day Foundation and Funga are demonstrating how technical innovation and established market credibility can work in tandem to drive ecosystem restoration and climate impact at scale.
About the Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a global nonprofit inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. They foster a growing community of more than 1 million leaders, innovators, planters, and supporters united by their bold belief that a more hopeful future can be shaped through the power of trees. For more than 50 years, they've answered critical need with action, planting more than half a billion trees alongside their partners. And this is only the beginning.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pursuing a future where all life flourishes through the power of trees. Learn more at arborday.org.
About Funga
Funga is restoring soil biodiversity to address the climate crisis. By reintroducing native, growth-promoting fungal communities to soils, they are working to accelerate one of the biggest carbon-storing mechanisms on the planet: forests. Trees inoculated with a healthy soil microbiome are reunited with critical symbiotic partners, allowing them to grow faster and stronger - sequestering significantly more carbon in the process.
Funga is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) that is dedicated to delivering measurable environmental outcomes and durable economic value through the power of the microbiome. To learn more, go to funga.earth.
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